It makes no differenceIf it's sweet or hotJust give that rhythmEverything you've gotIt don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swingIt don't mean a thing all you got to do is sing(doo-ah)It makes no differenceIf it's sweet or hotJust give that rhythmEverything you've gotDon't mean a thing all you've gotta do is swingIt don't mean a thing all you've gotta do is singIt makes no differenceIf it's sweet or hotGive that rhythmEverything you've gotIt don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing(doo-ah, dooooo-aaaaah)Don't mean a thing

Comments/Interpretations

by hanna moses on 5/14/2008 11:30pmmy choir sing the original song and this song is not realLIERLIERU GUYS SHOULD BE SUED 4 LIEN

by Wister on 5/16/2008 2:51pmwe are doing an adaptation in our school choir along with stuff from the beatles, its so cool, we all love it!! Go Malvern St James!xx

by Ellen Dunlea on 6/24/2008 10:55pmThese aren't the right lyrics, I sang this in a jazz combo, and these aint right!

by maya on 7/15/2008 11:38pmthis is ella's version... there were a lot of different ones like duke ellington's and louis armstrong's. they all had there own. my chorus sang a different arrangement too, but that doesnt mean that a singer can't adapt the song and make it his/her own. otherwise a hell of a lot of music would sound alike, right?

by C.J. on 8/4/2008 2:01pmElla's version is fine with me. That's the one I always remember.The great lady.

by Madalyn on 9/5/2008 5:46pmI love this song we sing it in choir at school!

by Samantha Pearl Lish on 10/3/2008 8:47pmwhats a song?

by MadCoCo on 10/3/2008 8:50pmThis song is awsome! I love jazz, and I'm glad they have the lyrics. I lost my old lyrics from school in my brothers room! :)

by loopo on 10/15/2008 6:04pmThis ones good

by Pouse on 11/7/2008 8:18amthis is NOT the real song. LIARS!!!!!!!

by pirate on 11/8/2008 6:13pmMy choir sang this song to for the all county choir and these lyrics are not right at all!!

by brittany Rawson on 11/20/2008 7:57amI love this song

by lolcats.com on 12/15/2008 4:48pmwhat are the original lyrics? can i have a hyperlink plz?

by hussah on 12/31/2008 8:47amwhats up withall the haters these are ella's lyrics they are right and most of you probably sang louis armstrongs shortened version!!! DUH!!

by little la on 1/5/2009 12:23amYou all need to get over it there are many version to this song.I don't think it really matters if its different this is just the way Ella put her style on it.If i was going to sing it,i would sing it this way. :)I LOVE ELLA!

by Leexii on 1/8/2009 5:32pmwrong wrong wrong wrongthen again there are MANY versions to this song

by Anaika Philogene on 1/27/2009 11:30pmAll the verisons are good simple because it shows how different each singer was and still how good they truly are.

by Amanda Masi on 2/3/2009 8:51ami love this song. it is just soo good

by your momma on 2/24/2009 10:41amits all gay shes a faggit

by omg on 2/24/2009 10:44ami hear this to much i can sing it in my sleep

by er-bear¢¾¢¾ on 2/28/2009 8:51pmhey these arent event the real lyrics. i sang thing is my choir class and no it wasnt louis armstrongs shortened version so shut up.

by blanko on 3/10/2009 6:49pmevery person on here callin them liers are dumb. every one has diffrent lyrics to the same song. duhh read a book y dnt u

by rosie on 3/17/2009 6:21amguys just enjoy the great music that these talented people put together all those yrs.ago. I sing in a jazz band and we always do our own thing. How else can a musician demonstrate their talant and get their own identity.

by Camille on 3/25/2009 9:49amOriginal Lyrics

What good is melody? What good is music?If it aint possessing something sweet

Now it aint the melodyAnd it aint the musicTheres something else that makes this tune complete, YES

It dont mean a thing if it aint got that swingWell it dont mean a thing all you got to do is sing

It makes no difference if its sweet or hotJust give that rhythm ev-ry-thing you got YES

It dont mean a thing if it aint got that swing

It dont mean a thingIt dont mean a thing if it aint got that swing boy

(Ba ba doo dah doo)

I said it dont mean a thing and all you got to do is sing

(La la la)

Now it makes no difference if its sweet or hotJust give that rhythm ev-ry-thing you got OHHIt dont mean a thing boy, if it aint got-a-that-a-swinga

(Ba boo ba doo)

by people-person on 4/3/2009 2:28amthese aint the right lyrics!

by !@#$ on 4/15/2009 6:23pmyour website is fraud i did this song in a chorus show and its different orig visersion

by he he on 5/31/2009 1:41pmthese arent right we sang this song a million times in music class and i KNOW this is wrong....and i needed these 4 music class:( guess i cant get em from here!

by BB on 8/2/2009 8:39amI'm guessing you know nothing about Jazz, if you did you would realise there is no such thing as a right or wrong version. Only your personal opinion on what you like. It's probably a good idea to research a genre of music before commenting on it?

by OMG on 9/27/2009 9:57pmThis is sooo stupid to fight about and the people who are trying to say this is wrong are like 12 and probally don't know anything about Jazz and that when they do it for choir they change the song to adapt it for the choir so of course it is not original. It's only original if your singing it the way Duke Ellington and Mills wrote it. COME ON PEOPLE, lets not be stupid.

by tothamorons on 10/28/2009 7:50pmthis is jazz and as maya said everyone puts their own feeling, thoughts, philosophy on it...you must have never seen a good jazz musician or vocalist...i have seen several multiple times and even the same artist will change it up a little for every show...get over your rigid rules of right and wrong and realize that music is art and art morphs all the time

by BJW on 11/5/2009 7:13pmThis song is awesome!!! Last year i had this song in my play. It got a standing ovation!!! I absolutely LOVE this song!!! It's awesome. and yeah,it DOES have the right lyrics!!!

by truemoment342 on 1/14/2010 4:14pmreally. WRONG LYRICS. jeez.

by angel on 2/9/2010 6:01pmnot the real scat in the middle the rest is so totally right and it is a good song well the real version im scat singin it at school so tat real cool huhuhuhhu?

by dameionecholes on 2/10/2010 7:24pmi like your sogs.

by lauryn on 2/17/2010 7:00pmin 4th grade i cant believe i remember this but we sang this song and a bunch of other jazz songs. It was so awesome.

by love story on 2/22/2010 5:43pmlove it!

by sabrynna on 1/10/2011 8:53pmomg this song is awsome but its so much dirferent from chours the orginal is much harder

by loveydoo on 2/5/2011 7:04pmthis song rocks

by SwingJazzLover on 2/27/2011 10:26pmOMG is right.

This song is great.

by SwingJazzLover on 2/27/2011 10:30pmhana Moses is a big baby. She should learn to deal with things and enjoy things.

by birde29 on 4/11/2011 7:49pmit is ok but i like the other verison better

sorry

by aaliyah on 4/14/2011 5:52pmmy commemt is thatella is a great scat singer and this is the best song yet

congrats

by Sheain, on 9/6/2011 8:37pmI like this song

by Jade on 9/7/2011 6:36pmI like this song

by DIPSHIT on 11/6/2011 10:22pmwhats with all u dumb ass shitters....jazz standards are redone by many artists in their own style..n in there own lyrics...

by 3022516 on 2/9/2012 1:28pmi love this song

by Lauren Strickland on 2/9/2012 4:06pmI am in a 5th grade choir and i have a solo, NOT RIGHT LYRICS!!!!

by SONAE on 3/1/2012 7:38pmHATERS

by frgrf on 9/18/2012 9:37pmI hate how theres no karaoke on youtube of ella only the puppinni sisters really there not the one who invented it!! :(

by Big Joe Chapp on 10/4/2012 1:22amU all r wrong this is one part music. All u kids that say the site is lying. Is cause u are use to 3 part music :+]

by Emma on 11/26/2012 6:50amThere are different versions of this song guys, most of it is improv.

by Dobgold on 2/12/2013 2:01amHanna Moses should be "sued" for her piss poor spelling. Actually she should be drawn and quartered and then burned at the stake.

by Lauren on 2/26/2013 10:58pmCool!

by smith on 3/21/2013 12:03amthe song ROCKS!!!!we're singing it at school,and it is sooooo catchie

by Ihatehaters on 3/26/2013 3:00pmYa'll haters be hatin. I sing in my jazz band and he wanted me to search up these lyrics. There is no right or wrong way!!!! Music is music. You always have to make it your own. Im singing this song an octave higher because that's my style. So stop ya'll hatin on my girl ella and just accept that this is her way of singing it. Or i will find you

by Poppy on 4/14/2013 8:44amPeople have different styles of music so why do you say that there is wrong lyrics because there are so many different versions of this song. so why do you say Ellas wrong? I don`t understand. Ella might have different versions of the same song, it might of been a toataly different person.

There is no right or wrong LIRICS!!!

by fjdkal; on 4/29/2013 4:34pmthis song sucks

by YOUR ASS on 6/18/2013 7:25amya'll are dumb.. there are different adaptations of this song. if you listen to the 1954 recording of ELLA FITZGERALD she sings THESE LYRICS

by faith on 2/9/2014 4:41pmno she dont

by Megan on 2/25/2014 1:12amThis is the cooles song if ever seen I sing it all the time at my choir I just love jazz music I love it.